The Ivorian, 29, now at Budesliga club Hertha Berlin was apparently filmed
by national broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenbury (rbb) breaking off a piece
of the wall using a hammer and chisel
But what remains of the Berlin Wall, which divided Germany`s capital from
1961-89, has been under a protection order since 1991.
Anyone defacing it can be heavily fined with the authorities set to
investigate whether any damage was done.
"I nearly fell off the sofa when I saw the footage," Kani Alavi,
the chairman of the Eastside Gallery, told the Berliner Kurier newspaper.
"Here we have a well-paid celebrity increasing his market value at the
expense of a national monument. Without respect. And with the clear backing of
television.
"Just because there is no security patrolling the Gallery, doesn`t
mean you can go around doing what you want.
"If he had done that at the Brandenburg Gate, the player would
probably have been arrested."
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